OXBOW Photo Gallery by Allan Claybon at pbase.com

OXBOW

THE OXBOW IS A WETLAND LOCATED ON THE OHIO AND INDIANA BORDER AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE GREAT MIAMI AND THE OHIO RIVER. THIS FIVE SQUARE MILE FLOODPLAIN, INCLUDING RIVER BOTTOMS, FARMLAND AND PONDS, IS PERIODICALLY FLOODED. EACH SPRING AND FALL THE OXBOW SERVES AS A MAJOR STAGING AREA FOR THOUSANDS OF MIGRATING BIRDS. 275 SPECIES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THIS UNIQUE FIVE SQUARE MILE AREA.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (on left) & DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	AMERICAN AVOCET & DOWITCHERS	AMERICAN AVOCET	AMERICAN AVOCET
AMERICAN AVOCET	AMERICAN AVOCET FEEDING W/NORTHERN SHOVELERS	COOPER'S HAWK	COOPER'S HAWK
BELTED KINGFISHER	PECTORAL SANDPIPERS	WOOD DUCK	GREEN HERON
GREAT EGRET, SNOWY EGRET, & GREAT BLUE HERON	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	OSPREY
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT -- 1ST YEAR	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS -- 250+ ON OXBOW LAKE TODAY	AMERICAN BALD EAGLE	AMERICAN BALD EAGLE
AMERICAN BALD EAGLE	AMERICAN BALD EAGLE	AMERICAN BALD EAGLES - IMMATURE	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	BELTED KINGFISHER	BELTED KINGFISHER DIVES FOR A FISH IN JUNO POND
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON - IMMATURE
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, ADULT and JUVENILE	DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT IN JUNO POND	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS	DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS - a 3 image panorama	DUSK AT THE OXBOW IN BLACK & WHITE	GADWALL
GREAT BLUE HERON	GREAT BLUE HERON	GREAT BLUE HERON	GREAT BLUE HERONS & GREAT EGRETS
GREAT BLUE HERONS & GREAT EGRETS	GREAT BLUE HERONS AND GREAT EGRETS	GREAT EGRET	GREAT EGRET
GREAT EGRET	GREAT EGRET	GREAT EGRET	GREAT EGRET
GREAT EGRET	GREAT EGRET - SOFT LANDING	GREAT EGRETS	GREAT EGRETS
GREAT EGRETS	GREAT EGRETS	GREAT EGRETS - THE OXBOW AT DUSK	GREAT EGRETS AT DUSK
GREEN HERON	GREEN HERON	GREEN HERON	GREEN HERON
GREEN HERON	GREEN HERON	GREEN HERON	GREEN HERON
GREEN HERON - AN UNUSUAL CATCH	GREEN HERON ---REFLECTIONS	GREEN HERON CAPTURES 3	GREEN HERON gone fishin' No. 1 of 3
GREEN HERON gone fishin' No. 3 of 3	GREEN HERON gone fishin' No. 2 of 3	GREEN HERON w/FISH	GREEN HERONS
INDIGO BUNTING - FEMALE	JUNO POND, OXBOW	LOOKING NORTH FROM THE VIEWING AREA ON OXBOW LAKE	LOOKING WEST FROM MERCER POND
MUSKRAT	NORTHERN PINTAIL	OXBOW AT DUSK	OXBOW LAKE - SOUTH END
OXBOW LAKE LOOKING NORTH TO JUNO POND	RED-SHOULDERED HAWK w/Snack	RING-NECKED DUCKS	RING-NECKED DUCKS & NORTHERN PINTAILS
RING-NECKED, GADWALL, & MALLARDS	SUBMARINIS NONPERISCOPUS	TURKEY & BLACK VULTURES	WOOD DUCK - FEMALE

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